Hindi film to be screened in Manipur after 20 years – The Indian Express
For the primary time in additional than twenty years, a Hindi movie shall be screened in ethnic strife-hit Manipur on Independence Day.
Tribal organisation Hmar College students’ Affiliation (HSA) has deliberate to display a Hindi movie at Rengkai (Lamka) in Churachandpur district on Tuesday night. Nonetheless, it didn’t disclose the identify of the film.
On Monday, the HSA in a press release mentioned, “That is to indicate our defiance and opposition to terror teams which have subjugated the tribals for many years.” “Be part of us in taking a pledge to proceed our battle for freedom and justice,” it added.
The HSA mentioned the final Hindi movie that was publicly screened in Manipur was Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in 1998.
“We shall be declaring our freedom from the anti-national terror teams who’ve introduced a boycott of Independence Day,” the assertion added.
The ban on the screening of Hindi movies was imposed in September 2000 by the insurgent outfit Revolutionary Peoples’ Entrance.
Officers mentioned that inside per week of imposing the ban on September 12, rebels had burnt 6,000 to eight,000 video and audio cassettes and compact discs in Hindi collected from shops within the state.
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Although the RPF gave no motive for the ban within the northeastern state, cable operators mentioned the militant group feared the unfavorable impression of Bollywood on the state’s language and tradition.
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